Editing Can-can (section)

==In other arts==
[[File:HenriDeToulouse-Lautrec-AtTheMoulinRouge-TheDance-1889-90-VR.jpg|thumb|The Moulin Rouge featured in a Toulouse-Lautrec painting]][[File:CanCanDollsIASW.png|thumb|Can-can doll in the [[Disneyland]] version of [[It's a Small World]]]]Many composers have written music for the can-can. The most famous is French composer [[Jacques Offenbach]]'s {{lang|fr|Galop Infernal}} in his operetta {{lang|fr|Orphée aux Enfers}} (''[[Orpheus in the Underworld]]'') (1858).<ref>The Earl of Harewood and Antony Peattie, eds. "Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers", in ''The New Kobbé's Opera Book'', 11th ed. (New York: G. P. Putnam's, 2000), p. 575.</ref> However, the [[galop]] is actually another sort of dance. Other examples occur in [[Franz Lehár]]'s operetta ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (1905) and [[Cole Porter]]'s musical play ''[[Can-Can (musical)|Can-Can]]'' (1954), which formed the basis for the 1960 musical film ''[[Can-Can (film)|Can-Can]]'' starring Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine. Some other songs that have become associated with the can-can include Aram [[Aram Khachaturian|Khachaturian's]] "[[Sabre Dance]]" from his ballet ''Gayane'' (1938) and the [[music hall]] standard "[[Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay]]". In 1955 [[Jean Renoir]]'s film ''[[French Cancan]]'', starring [[Jean Gabin]] as the director of a music hall which features the can-can, was released.

The can-can has often appeared in [[ballet]], such as Léonide Massine's {{lang|fr|[[La Boutique fantasque]]}} (1919) and {{lang|fr|[[Gaîté Parisienne]]}} (1938),<ref>Debra Crane and Judith Mackrell, "Can-can", in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (Oxford University Press, 2000).</ref> as well as ''[[The Merry Widow (ballet)|The Merry Widow]]''. Another example is the climax of Jean Renoir's film ''[[French Cancan]]''.<ref>Criterion Collection, released by United Motion Pictures, 1955.</ref> A well-known can-can occurs at the finale of the "[[Dance of the Hours]]" from the opera {{lang|it|[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]}} by Amilcare Ponchielli.

French painter [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]] produced several paintings and a large number of posters of can-can dancers. Other painters of the can-can included [[Georges Seurat]], [[Georges Rouault]], and [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref>David Price, ''Cancan!'' (London: Cygnus Arts, 1998).</ref>

The can-can has appeared in numerous film and TV productions, such as the dance being featured prominently in [[Baz Luhrmann]]'s [[Moulin Rouge!]]. The 2009 [[anime]] series ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' featured the music as one of its themes, while a promotional advertisement for ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' featured one of its lead characters, Coco, performing the dance before destroying the set around her.

In all versions of the [[Disney Experiences|Disney Parks]]'s boat ride [[It's a Small World]], there are some can-can dolls that dancing near the [[Eiffel Tower]] to represent the origin country of can-can, [[France]].